"We Couldnt Find Any Drives" On A Prebuilt Desktop With A Brand New SSD

hmmm came here to say exactly this fingers crossed 🤞

@nbanerjee what did u end up doing in the end

oh ive been there lol try turning off the BIOS first, fixed it for me hope that helps :)

Many newer laptops ship with Intel VMD (Volume Management Device) enabled, which hides teh NVMe behind a controller that Windows setup has no inbox driver for. You need the F6 / RST VMD driver from the PC makers support page (often listed as "F6 driver" or "RST driver for Windows setup").

ps how is this thread still going lmao

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lol same thing happened to me for me it was the DNS... swapped it and boom, fixed... which version are u on? fingers crossed 🤞

oh ive been there lol if the download is an EXE, many installers support extraction, e.g. running it with -extractdrivers <folder> or a similar switch documented on teh support page. Otherwise, 7-Zip can often open it directly.

following, having the same problem hope that helps :)

is prebuilt even worth bothering with or should i just leave it ?

if it still isnt visible, check teh drive is in a slot that supports NVMe (not SATA-only M.2) and try another USB port for the installer stick. worked for me anyway 🤷

lol same thing happened to me try turning off teh BIOS first, fixed it for me

so annoyed rn spent 20 minutes on nvme and im still not done thx in advance!!

For a desktop where youll never use RAID, disabling VMD is honestly the simplest long-term setup.

exact same thing happened to my second monitor setup last month

printer saw i was in a hurry and chose violence

been there man honestly just reset the DNS and save yourself the pain

xD

@nbanerjee dude disabled VMD in teh BIOS since it's a clean install. Drive showed up straight away, no extra driver needed.